| Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1843 - 324 pages
...fathomless, alone. 5. And I have lov'd thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports, was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd...delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing .fear ; For I was, as it were, a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles onward: from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they, to me, Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear. For I was, as it were, a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and... | |
| John Downes Owens - Education - 1844 - 64 pages
...of knowledge, — " And I have loved thee, — and my joy Of youthful sport, was on thy breast to be Borne like thy bubbles onward,— from a boy I wanton'd...breakers, — they to me Were a delight ; and if the fresh'ning sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was, as it were, a child of thee... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned s, Where the harebells and violets grow. Not a pine in my grove is there seen, But with tendri — 'twas a pleasing fear ; For I was ae it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and... | |
| Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...aged 47 years. 7. And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports waa on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd...delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne like the bubbles, onward ; from a boy, I wantoned with thy breakers— they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was, as it were, a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles onward: from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they, to me, Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear. For I was, as it were, a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and... | |
| William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror, 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and. near,... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne like the bubbles, onward ; from > tuy, I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them .1 terror — 'twas a pleuint; fear, For I was, as it were, a diiM of Hw, And trusted to thy billowi... | |
| William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea 7* Made them a terror, 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to... | |
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